Some Moovelous Farm Toys from Learning Resources. Review and Giveaway.

Although I look outside and it is totally pouring it down with miserable grey skies. It is now officially Spring time. The one thing I love to do at spring time is visiting the farm. In fact we have already taken Lily last week to see the animals. 

Learning Resources are currently running an On the Farm Campaign and so we were delighted when they asked us to be involved and sent us some Farm Toys to review. 

They sent us Hide-n-Go Moo and Jumbo Farm Animals - Mommas and Babies

We first decided to try the Hide-n-Go Moo.

This toy is a really nice compact toy. Its a really nice shape and size that doesn't take up much room and so is easy for storage. The animals all come inside the barn and then can be stored away in it afterwards. The easy storage of toys is actually something i'm now really looking at as we have limited storage space and sometimes it can be hard to keep all toys toggether when it is a set.

The idea to the toy is that your child can reach inside the barn and pull out different animals. The animals all come as adults and babies so then your child can also match them up when they pull them out. There are 4 different types of farm animals inside. Each with a baby and so that makes 8 animals total. The animals are of really good quality plastic. Really thick and chunky and also not to big or not to small. Perfect for little hands to grasp. I also think they are really cute and colourful. The barn is great and had details of doors and windows around it. Also a haystack of hay at the back which Lily was loving doing imaginative play with and making the animals eat the hay. 

The barn has a opening at the top which has rubber flaps so the animals are hidden inside but so your child can get there hand inside to grab the animals. Its nice and soft so your child's hands won't get hurt when they do this.

I did find that this toy was very simple and I probably would of given it to Lily at around 18 months. Around that age she really loved putting things inside boxes and then taking them back out of it again. Also as the animals aren't that small and so not a choking risk. Lily has never been a child to put things in her mouth anyway luckily. That said she did still enjoy playing with the toy and still got enjoyment out of putting them inside and out of the barn. As a parent who loves to help Lily learn I am always trying to think of ways that the toys can be educational. Learning Resources toys always have many ways to do this and so I could teach Lily about different animals, sizes big and small, and also counting. 

Lily really enjoyed telling me about the different animals and also telling me which was a baby and which was a mummy as she says. Although I did encourage her that some could be a daddy to. 

This toy is great for so many Learning Areas. It helps - 

• Hand and Eye Co-ordination
• Learning about Farm Animals
• Fine Motor Skills
• Develops Imagination
• Learn Big and Small 
• Matching

Hide-n-Go Moo is aimed at children 2+ and is RRP £22.70 and can be bought on the Learning Resource website.  

The next toy was the Jumbo Farm Animals - Mommas and Babies

Lily owns a few animals but not all the farm animals and so this was great for her to receive. The set comes with A cow, pig, goose, sheep and all their babies.

Just like all Learning Resource toys the animals are all of really good quality plastic. The fact that they are jumbo size makes it really good for little hands and with no risk of a child as young as 2 putting them in their mouth and choking. The word jumbo does make them sound like they are really big. But they are not. They are just of a decent chunky size. See here for the comparison of them in Lily's hands. 

Lily really enjoyed playing with the animals. Pairing them up with the babies and also placing them in a line. The animals are a great topic to talk about and so these are a great resource for learning about what the animals are called, what their babies are called and what noises they make. Having these toys was great because it actually brought to my attention that Lily was getting confused with the cow and calling it a horse. I thought that Lily knew it was a cow and so this was something we worked on over the next few days with the cow. Lily has been playing with them for over a week now and when I ask her what it is, she now says cow. Its great that they have helped Lily learn something new.

Another way we decided to play with the animals was by making a farm out of the box the animals came in. We went outside and collected grass, soil, and rocks. I then placed it all in the box like a little farm. Lily loved this and had the pigs jumping in the mud and the sheep eating the grass. It made a great activity to do with the farm animals and we then could have a discussion about where the animals lived and what the animals ate. It was also a great way to re use the box that the animals came in. The animals easily wipe clean to with a wet cloth or wet wipe. Its advised that they aren't dunked into water as they have little holes in them and so its great that they wipe clean so easily. 

These farm animals are a must have toy and have so many play and learning opportunities to them. You can play and learn with them by - 

• Matching them up with their babies
• Talking about the animals, where they live, what noises they make etc
• Making a Farm
• Taking them with you to the farm
• Building a farm house for them to live in
• Teaching the animal names and babies names

They also help develop - 

• Imagination
• Language Skills
• Fine Motor Skills
• Learning and Understanding of the World

This set is aimed at 2+ and is RRP £30.25 and can be bought from the Learning Resource Website

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